Washstand.



No. 64l,769. Patented lan. 23, |900.

W. S. HAMM &. W. WISHABT.

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(Appliation :Bled Oct. 25, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WILLIAM S. HAMM AND WILLIAM INISHART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN- ORSTO THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

WASHSTAND.

y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,769, datedJanuary 23, 1900.

Application filed October 25,1899. Serial No. 734,711. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that we, WILLIAM S. HAMM and WILLIAM WISHART, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashstands, of which the following is a specification, and which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to stationary washstands, and is primarilydesigned for application to such washstands when used in railway-carconstruction. -Its objects are to provide an improved valve for thedischargeorice of the washbowl and improved mechanism for controllingsuch valve, and these objects are attained in the constructionhereinafter described, and which is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a plan View of a Washstand. Fig. 2 is adetail section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional View onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of a part of thevalvecontrolling mechanism, and Fig. 5 is detail showing a modifiedconstruction of the valvecontrolling mechanism.

The table or slab of the Washstand is shown at 10, and in this instancecomprises a base of wood, with sheet-metal cover. The bowl 11 is securedto the slab in any desired manner and is provided with adischarge-orifice 14, which is covered by the Valve-casing 13, to whichthe waste-pipe (not shown) may be attached. The valve 15 for closing theorifice 14 is pivoted to a Valve-rod 16, which enters the casing througha suitably-packed orifice, and the valve rides upon inclined shoulders17, formed Within the valve-casing and so disposed that as the rod 16 isadvanced the valve is forced tightly to its seat, while as the rod iswithdrawn the valve is permitted to turn upon its pivot untilit reachesthe dotted-line position of Fig. 2. This form of valve provides aquicker action in opening and is not subject to the Wear of either aplug or slotted valve. A coiled spring 18 is employed for closing thevalve and may be applied at any suitable point. As shown it is run uponthe rod 16 within the valve-casing and reacts between a xed stop 19 inthe casing and a collar 20 upon the rod 16.

A pull-rod 21 projects from the splash-rail 12, Which rises from therearwardY side of the slab 10, and a rock-lever 22, pivoted to asuitable bracket 23, secured to the under side of the slab 10, connectsthe pull-rod 21 and the valve-rod 16, its connection with the latterbeing by means of a pin 24 set therein and engaging a longitudinal slot25 in the lever. The upper end of the lever 22 is forked, as shown inFig. 4, and the pull-rod 21 is provided With apair of collars 26 27 ,andthe forked end of the lever engages the pull-rod between them. Thesocket-plate or rosette 28,througl1 which the upper end of the rodprojects, is provided with a longitudinal slot for the accommodation ofa pin 29, projecting laterally from the rod, so that when the latter iswithdrawn and slightly turned the pin will engage the end of the rosetteand hold the valve in its open position.

Should it be desired t0 pass the pull-rod 2l through the slab 10 insteadof through the splash-rail 12, as shown in Fig. 5, its connection withthe valve-rod 16 may be by means of a bell-crank lever 30.

We claim as our invention- In a washstand, in combination, a slab havinga splash-rail, a bowl carried by the slab and having adischarge-orifice, a valve-casing covering theorifice, a valve-rodentering the casing, a valve for closing the orifice and being pivotedto the rod, guideways for forcing the valve to its seat as lthe rod isadvanced, a pull-rod projecting through the splash-rail, andaleverconnecting the pull-rod and valverod.

WILLIAM S. HAMM. WILLIAM WISHART. Witnesses: LoUIs V. EGGEET, EDGARANDREWS.

